--- title: "Recommendation Story" slug: "recommendation-story" tags: ["customize recommendation story", "recommendation settings", "recommendation story"] updated: 2026-01-07T07:12:11Z published: 2026-01-07T07:12:11Z canonical: "academy.insiderone.com/recommendation-story" --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://academy.insiderone.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Recommendation Story The Recommendation Story template enables you to recommend products in a story format based on the algorithms you select. It helps users find and discover the latest products, popular products in a category, or trends in just one click. The Recommendation Story template enables you to recommend products and motivate users to purchase them more interactively on desktop and mobile devices. ## Customize the Recommendation Story You can start by assigning the algorithms to your stories. You can use different algorithms in different stories. To perform algorithm-based customizations, click the respective **Story** listed in the **Elements** section of the left menu and click the **Recommendation Settings** button in the **Settings** section on the right. You can refer to [Smart Recommender Anatomy of a Strategy](https://academy.useinsider.com/docs/anatomy-of-a-smart-recommender-strategy) for further information about the Recommendation Settings modal. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/c6df4583-da94-4cb2-bb8a-be0cbdd11109/Images/Documentation/story%201(1).gif) - To change the thumbnail image, click the **Thumbnail Image** button in the **Elements** menu, or double-click the thumbnail on the canvas to upload a new image. You can upload images or GIFs to use as your thumbnail. - To change the text, click on the text of the respective story. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/c6df4583-da94-4cb2-bb8a-be0cbdd11109/Images/Documentation/story2.gif) **The Full** **Story** is displayed full screen when users click the bubbles. Based on the selected algorithms, the full story shows a product name, image, price, and discounted price (if available). - To enable or disable the product attributes in Full Story, click the **Product** button on the left menu and turn the toggles off/on in the right menu. You can use these toggles on the right menu to show/hide the details of your **Full Story**. - You can also customize the other elements of **Full Story,** such as the text, button, image, and background image. For example, add a background image to the **Full Story** or assign a background color. You can also adjust the position, font, size, and colors of the text and button elements. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/c6df4583-da94-4cb2-bb8a-be0cbdd11109/Images/Documentation/story3.gif) > [!NOTE] > The maximum size of a **Full Story** is 500 KB, and the recommended size is 180 x 180 px. > [!NOTE] > You cannot edit the Product Name, Product Price, and Product Image, but you can edit their styles. ## Story Settings![](https://cdn.document360.io/c6df4583-da94-4cb2-bb8a-be0cbdd11109/Images/Documentation/Screenshot%20at%20Dec%2027%2014-31-37.png) - **Auto-Reorder:** It moves viewed stories to the end of the order queue. - **Optional Title:** It makes the thumbnail title visible/invisible. - **Story Duration:** You can set a story duration to display your stories. - **Thumbnail Size:** You can change the size of the thumbnails of your stories. - **Alignment:** You can change the stories' alignment. If you enable the "Scroll Right to Left" option, your stories will flow automatically from right to left. - **Story Count:** You can use this to set several stories you want to add. ## Story Styles![](https://cdn.document360.io/c6df4583-da94-4cb2-bb8a-be0cbdd11109/Images/Documentation/Screenshot%20at%20Dec%2027%2020-22-07.png) You can customize your Full Story and change: - The fill color, which is the background color of the story bar. - The color is attributed to active and seen stories. - The color displayed on the progress bar for the full story. - The color of the story name displayed on the full story. - The color of the borders around the story bar. ## Recommendation Settings You can select algorithms for your stories to display to your users in the Recommendation Settings modal.![](https://cdn.document360.io/c6df4583-da94-4cb2-bb8a-be0cbdd11109/Images/Documentation/Screenshot%20at%20Dec%2027%2020-23-59.png) - You can set how many products you want to recommend in the same story with the selected algorithms. You can recommend up to 10 different products in the same story. - You can reorder recommended products by enabling the **Shuffle Recommendation** option. - You can hide the widget if there aren't enough products to recommend using the **Hide the Widget** option. - You can assign one of the recommendation algorithms to the selected story under the **Recommendation Strategy**. You can choose different algorithms for different stories in the same campaign. - You can recommend products based on the user affinity score with the **Personalize Recommendation with Attribute Affinity** option. - You can exclude recently viewed and purchased items, as well as items in your cart, from your recommendations. - You can filter the categories you want to recommend using **filters**. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/c6df4583-da94-4cb2-bb8a-be0cbdd11109/Images/Documentation/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-27%20at%2020.28.04.png) > [!NOTE] > Refer to [Smart Recommender Algorithms](https://academy.insiderone.com/docs/smart-recommender-algorithms-overview) for further information on algorithms. ## Related - [Create a Web InStory Campaign](/create-a-web-instory-campaign.md) - [Create a Mobile InStory Campaign](/create-a-mobile-instory-campaign.md)